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...moon-eyed whiz kid from RCA, there seemed no insurmountable challenge in straw-bossing the U.S.'s $20 billion man-in-space program. "I think I'm up to it," said Brainerd Holmes, 42, when he took over as Director of Manned Space Flight for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1961. NASA Boss James Webb heartily concurred and said: "He has every quality it takes to get the job done." And so it seemed. Under Holmes's guidance, the U.S. launched five successful manned flights, developed detailed plans for a race to the moon...
...took another step of its own toward the moon (see THE WORLD). But the whiz kid from RCA was out of the race. Buried in the middle of a three-page NASA release was the news that "The Office of Manned Space Flight will be realigned to permit Mr. Brainerd Holmes, Director, to return to industry...
...Webb is flatly contradicted by the director of NASA's Manned Space Flight Program: Brainerd Holmes, 41 (TIME cover, Aug. 10), a brilliant, aggressive electrical engineer with a hard-bitten talent for ramming through tough projects. The moon program, Holmes feels, is already four to six months behind schedule -and the reason is that Webb is dragging his feet. Webb and Holmes have vastly different ideas about the urgency of putting an American on the moon. Says Webb: "The moon program is important, but it's not the only important part of our space program." Retorts Holmes...
...thank TIME for an exceedingly interesting article on D. Brainerd Holmes, his team, and the progress of the United States in their efforts to reach the moon [Aug. 10]. Your article shows, in a concise and easy to understand way, the problems that must be solved before the big day arrives...
State of the Art. When Brainerd Holmes and his NASA associates talk about the C5, the basic tool of their moon mission, they are not bothered at all that it is still unfinished. No F-1 engine has been fired except on a test stand, and the J-2 hydrogen engine (also made by North American) is even farther from flight. None of this worries Holmes. Like most engineers, he is used to forecasting the technical future by figuring what can be accomplished with combinations and modifications of existing equipment. There is nothing in the C-5 Advanced Saturn...